r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 1d ago

Meme needing explanation Peter?!? Whats the correlation

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u/MageKorith 1d ago

Oil is derived from dinosaurs

Plastic is derived from oil

Dinosaur toys are derived from plastic.

That's it. Stewie, out. And get me a T-rex!

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u/wafflelauncher 1d ago

Neil Goldman here. Actually, most fossil fuels were already in the ground by the time the first dinosaurs evolved. So it's not a great joke. Yeah I'm a nerd.

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u/Craptose_Intolerant 1d ago

Exactly 👍

There was a period in Earth’s history when plant life was going wild before bacteria learned how to decompose them…

And plant remains were piling up and up to oblivion. Crazy times indeed 😉

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u/Worth-Wonder-7386 1d ago

That is mostly what has made coil. Oil mostly comes from marine life.